Yarramalong Dingo Sanctuary

07/08/2025

04/08/2025

♦️Thinking about adopting a dingo? Here’s what you need to know! ♦️

While experience with dingoes is beneficial, some individuals may still possess the knowledge and understanding necessary for their care. We thoroughly review every adoption application, and if you don’t have prior experience, we are here to support you 100%!

Please note that we have adoption guidelines in place, and the decision to approve your application involves input from all HDR member, not just me.

It's important to understand that dingoes are not dogs and will not behave like them; a deep understanding of their nature is essential.

You will need to have escape-proof fencing that is at least 1.8 meters high and secure against digging. We understand that some councils may restrict fencing height to 1.8 meters, so adding an inward-facing barrier can be helpful. Including photos with your application of your fenced area, yard, or enclosure will strengthen your application.

We also inquire about any other pets you may have. If you have a dog or dingo will ask to know its s*x, as we prefer that you adopt a dingo of the opposite s*x to minimize potential conflicts. It's also important to note that small pets are not advisable with dingoes.

All pups are fully vaccinated, microchipped, des*xed, wormed and flee, tick and mite treatment up to date on adoption. We charge an adoption fee of $580 which does not cover the full cost of their care but helps us to continue our work.

We are dedicated to finding the right care for these beautiful orphan pups who have faced a tragic start to life. We appreciate your patience as we make our decisions regarding your application. If you don’t receive an immediate reply, please bear with us; we will respond as soon as possible.

https://highlandsdingorescue.au/adoptions Adoptions | Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd

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If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge, please head over to our website and fill in an application form.

https://highlandsdingorescue.au/adoptions Adoptions | Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd

‼️Know the law for keeping a dingo in each state‼️

🌟 **NSW and WA**: It is legal to own a dingo companion. We welcome your applications!

****** However we’d prefer WA inquiries to adopt from Perth Dingo Rescue Ltd. As they have dingoes ready for adoption in your state.

🚫 **QLD, SA, and TAS**: It is illegal to own a dingo. Please DO NOT apply for adoption.

🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺EDIT: Highlands Dingo Rescue is located in Australia. OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS ARE ILLEGAL. Please NOT apply.

📜 **VIC, NT, and ACT**: Permits are required to keep a dingo. If you’re interested in adopting, please apply, and we will send you the necessary permit applications.

Thank you from the entire team! 🐾❤️

https://highlandsdingorescue.au/adoptions Adoptions | Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd

All pups are doing well and have beautiful natures. Updates coming.

01/08/2025

NSW is extremely lucky to have this highly respected organisation operating within the state.
Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd employs a thorough vetting process for each adoption, ensuring the best possible outcome for every dingo youngster.
No sketchy adoptions to illegal states, no illegal smuggling across borders, no compromises on fencing or appropriate environment. (And no, name dropping won’t “smooth the path”) Highly ethical, scrupulously transparent, experienced and dedicated.
Highlands Dingo Rescue, raising the bar in NSW dingo rescue after over a decade of the cowboys, poachers, illegal smugglers and grifters that have caused so much tragedy, suffering, and death throughout the landscape and within their own facilities.
We deeply appreciate Highlands Dingo Rescue’s work. 🏆

We are at capacity.

We are currently at capacity and won’t be taking in anymore rescues until pups in care are adopted, but we have just welcomed one more adorable orphan pup into our care! Yesterday, one of the male pups from the litter of 7, who was given away prior to rescue, found his way to us. (Photos to come) He’s now happily reunited with his littermates in foster care thanks to Zeph The Wildlife Twins and Alix from Defend the Wild.

We’re hard at work updating our adoption page on our website with profiles for each pup. If you're interested in adopting, please check out our adoption page! Keep in mind that it's still under construction as we add each pup's profile, there will be 11 pups coming up for adoption, but all of them are doing well and are healthy.

Adopting a dingo !

It’s important to remember that dingoes are not dogs and will never behave like one. They have unique needs and behaviors that require special understanding and care. For potential adopters, secure, escape-proof fencing is essential to ensure their safety and well-being.

We are looking for individuals who have experience with dingoes or possess a solid knowledge of their care. Our team is here to provide ongoing support to our potential adopters, ensuring a smooth transition and a happy life for all our dingo puppies.

If you’re ready to take on this rewarding challenge, please head over to our website and fill in an application form. Keep checking on our page as we add each pup. Link below

https://highlandsdingorescue.au/adoptions Adoptions | Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd

Thank you for your continued support!

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‼️Dingo Adoption Guidelines‼️

Attention potential adopters! Here’s what you need to know about owning a dingo in Australia:

🌟 **NSW and WA**: It is legal to own a dingo companion. We welcome your applications!

****** However we’d prefer WA inquiries to adopt from Perth Dingo Rescue Ltd. As they have dingoes ready for adoption in your state.

🚫 **QLD, SA, and TAS**: It is illegal to own a dingo. Please DO NOT apply for adoption.

📜 **VIC, NT, and ACT**: Permits are required to keep a dingo. If you’re interested in adopting, please apply, and we will send you the necessary permit applications.

Thank you for your understanding and commitment to responsible DINGO ownership! 🐺❤️

Photo - Skye and Rex

01/08/2025

Well, despite the outrage, denials and aggressive abuse, it seems Black Dingo Alliance has thought better of their lies and amended (poorly), their website to reflect a story a little closer to the truth, although still interpreted thru their biased lens. But certainly closer to the truth.
And this is why it’s important to raise issues of deceit, deception and lies within charitable organisations and organisations exploiting advocacy and movements for money and clout.
It is noted there are many more lies on their website. We’ll see if they’re prepared to amend those as well, or if it is necessary to bring those to light also.

31/07/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?

When we talk about '𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙' science, we're talking about 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. But what does that actually mean?

Peer-reviewed research is work that has been 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 before it is published. These experts, called peer reviewers, check whether the study’s methods are sound, the data is accurate, and the conclusions are logical and backed by evidence.

This process helps ensure:
- The research is credible.
- The methods are scientifically rigorous.
- Bias or errors are minimised.
- The conclusions are trustworthy.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 “𝐰𝐞’𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡” if that research has not been tested through the peer-review process. Personal opinions, media stories and self-published claims do not hold the same weight, especially when it comes to science that influences policy, conservation or public understanding.

Peer-reviewed research is how we build reliable knowledge. It is slow, methodical and sometimes imperfect, but it is still the most reliable standard we have.

So next time someone makes a claim about wildlife, genetics or ecosystems, ask:
𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝? If not, it is worth questioning.

30/07/2025

𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 (𝐂𝐒𝐀𝐒) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬?

In this official assessment, they clearly outline the scientific evidence used to confirm that dingoes remain listed as a 𝒗𝒖𝒍𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒔 in Victoria.

To ensure a robust and well-rounded process, DEECA engaged 15 independent experts from across Australia - covering dingo ecology, apex predator science, dingo genetics, and conservation status assessment. These experts were tasked with reviewing and compiling relevant scientific information, and applying it to the formal assessment criteria.

Among that evidence? Not one, but 𝐭𝐰𝐨 independent, peer-reviewed genetic studies. Both concluded that the Big Desert dingo population is 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕, 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

Population estimates used in the CSAS weren’t pulled from thin air. They were drawn from a combination of:

- Two published genetic research studies

- The Arthur Rylah Institute’s report

- Additional field data and genetic analyses

This is not a case of the Victorian government (or us) leaning on “biased science.” It’s a case of 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, backed by multiple data streams and published by highly respected experts in the field.

If someone claims this science is “flawed,” they owe the public, and the scientists who spent years developing these studies, a clear, evidence-based explanation as to why. Vague accusations about funding sources don’t discredit peer-reviewed research, especially when the funding is openly declared, as it is in these cases. Transparency is part of the process.

If your goal is to test the validity of this evidence, then your research must meet, or exceed, the same standards. That means peer-reviewed, replicable, and transparent methodology. Backyard experiments, private testing of carcasses, or cherry-picked anecdotes don’t hold up.

And one more thing, 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, it destroys it. If you can’t handle scrutiny or articulate your reasoning, then your argument falls flat.

To learn more about the Victorian Government’s decision, visit:

www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/our-wildlife/dingoes

Or, to read the full updated Conservation Status Assessment Summary, you can access the PDF here:

https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/754240/Conservation-Status-Assessment-Summary.pdf